Pinellas Park, FL Night Sky Brightness
How dark is the sky in Pinellas Park, FL?
Pinellas Park's sky measures suburban here. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 46.6% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.
Worth remembering: this is satellite radiance, not a ground observation. A true Bortle rating needs a human eye at night, this is the closest large-scale substitute, covered fully in the Bortle scale guide.
The nearest darker sky to Pinellas Park
9 miles from Pinellas Park, straight-line, sits Clearwater, FL, the nearest city here with a darker sky than Pinellas Park's own suburban band.
Clearwater, FL is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.
Pinellas Park against the rest of the dataset
Pinellas Park, FL counts roughly 53,503 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Ranked against the other 3,206 cities here by the methodology guide's own sampling, Pinellas Park comes in at 1,486, darkest to brightest.